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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 206CESSNA · California City, CA · March 15, 1981

Date
March 15, 1981 · 14:30 local
Place
California City, CA
Airport
California City
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N29173
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zx main parachute deployed then streamed. Jumper broke away from main and reserved opened at 250 ft but not in time

As the FAA filed it

ZX MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYED THEN STREAMED. JUMPER BROKE AWAY FROM MAIN AND RESERVED OPENED AT 250 FT BUT NOT IN TIME

Other reports on N29173 · 6

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.